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Coast Guard Renews Ties with New London
A 45-foot Response Boat - Medium from Coast Guard Station New London transits near the New London Ledge Light at the entrance to the Thames River on April 14, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Steve Strohmaier)
22 May 2021 The Day, New London, Conn. | By Greg Smith
NEW LONDON The U.S. Coast Guard secured its close ties with the city on Thursday with a ceremony to mark New London s re-designation as a Coast Guard City.
Established by Congress in 1998, a Coast Guard City is an honorary five-year designation recognizing a community s special efforts to celebrate the service and the sacrifice of Coast Guard men and women.
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First responders converged on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge late Wednesday night after a man climbed onto the outside of the fencing on the southbound span, a New London fire official said.
Two witnesses had reported that someone jumped from the bridge, New London Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeffrey Rheaume said. That prompted a search of the Thames River and the land around the bridge, he said.
Responders spoke with the man, who had not jumped, and he climbed back over the fence, Rheaume said. The fire department transported him to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
The regional marine group and Coast Guard Station New London had boats on the water, and there were emergency vehicles on the span and at either end of it, including firetrucks, ambulances and police cruisers from surrounding municipalities, for what state police at Troop E in Montville called a search and rescue operation. Responders swept spotlights over the bridge to locat